Refugees from Haseke region in North East Syria attempted to cross the Syria-Turkish border on 5 October. However, they were killed in controversial circumstances in a minefield.Read More
People in Tunceli (Dersim) in Turkey are increasingly complaining that with each passing day, the economic downturn is affecting them and making it harder for many to even buy basic essentials.Read More
The Kurdish-language play “Bêrû: Klakson, Borîzan û Birt” was included in the October programme of the İstanbul Municipality City Theatre. Due to be staged by Teatra Jiyana Nû (New Life Theatre), it was banned on the grounds that it could “disturb the general public order”.Read More
The trustee of Kars Municipality in Turkey has ended the agreement of the municipality to support Kars Municipality Employers’ Cooperative, which had been established to promote the sales and marketing of the city’s agricultural products throughout the country.Read More
Sinjar, where Yazidis live, is a district in the city of Mosul in Northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan). Sinjar was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in August 2014. Although the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had announced that its peshmerga forces would protect the Yazidis living there, the peshmerga withdrew from the […]Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Mithat Sancar, during a party meeting, drew attention to the ongoing detentions of party members and former party members on the grounds of their involvement in the 6-8 October 2014 Kobani Protests. Sancar stated those in governance are actually responsible for the conditions that led to the protests in […]Read More
Due to the coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, the distance education oriented Education Information Network (EBA) system has moved towards face-to-face training in the 2020-2021 education period. Accordingly, distance education will now take place for three days per week.Read More
Journalist Dilan Oyunaş, who was sent to Sincan Women’s Closed Prison in Turkey, stated in her phone call with her family that there are violations of rights taking place in the prison.Read More
The Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has met with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow for talks on a ceasefire deal over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.Read More
In many prisons in Turkey, the number of prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus has increased markedly. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu announced that another person in Menemen T-Type Closed Prison was diagnosed with Covid-19.Read More
